Council votes to add 2 officers

Iowa City also passes second reading for a urban chicken zoning ordinance

11:18 PM,
Nov. 27, 2012

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The Iowa City Police Department will add two officers and create new positions next year.

On Tuesday night, the Iowa City Council voted to increase the police department's roster from 80 to 82 officers. The council previously agreed to fund the local match of a federal grant that would partially fund two officers, provided they were veterans, but never actually approved the personnel increase, according to Chief Sam Hargadine.

"We never formally increased the budget size to 82," Hargadine said Tuesday. "It's cleaning up some old business." ...